Traditions/customs in Texas (black-eyed peas) (Roma, Dublin: eat, money, hospital)

[momof2dfw]

Oh yes, chow-chow. My parents used to eat that stuff all the time. That and pepper sauce are a fridge staple.

Grits, not too many people in Texas eat grits unless their family came from the deep South. My families came from Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri (), South Carolina and Georgia. But that was many generations ago so grits kind of disappeared. My husband came from Alabama as a child so grits on his side are a staple. My kids won't touch them but I will.



Now for a change of subject but still some bit of Texana: Music
Go get yourself a few CD's of the following artists:
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Jerry Jeff Walker
Pat Green
George Strait


Oh, and order the CD from the Texas Longhorn Band

[momof2dfw]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

Actually I love the aroma of blackeyed peas and greens (someone explain 'pot' liquor!).

I was once on a plane going to Europe on New Year's Eve and my mother made a big batch of blackeyed peas for me. The flight attendants put them in cups and passed them out to everyone else in first class.

Collard liquor, also known as pot liquor, sometimes spelled potlikker[1] or pot likker[2] is the liquid that is left behind after boiling greens (collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens). It is often highly seasoned with salt, pork and ham (fatback, ham hocks, etc.). According to Southern American folklore, pot liquor is healthy and contains essential vitamins and minerals (including iron, Vitamin C), that help improve the immune system, although this has not been proven to be factual from a scientific point of view.

The most common ways to eat this include dipping rolls or cornbread into the soup and adding pickled hot pepper juice.

[momof2dfw]

Supper can be as simple as something like Red Beans and Cornbread. Grew up w/ this for supper at least once a week. My dad would break up cornbread on his plate then pour on the beans and juice.

[Lakewooder]

Hey the SMU band used to do San Antonio Rose...

Speaking of which you also need Bob Wills, Willie Nelson, Clint Black, ZZ Top, Steve Miller, Christopher Cross..

And of course Jerry Jeff Walker (Redneck Mother) and David Allen Coe (You Never Even Call Me By My Name) if only for two songs - you gotta sing along when they are played!

[texasorbust]

Thank you this is great. I will have to pass this on to my husband he is the cook in the family. I can cook but I just don't like to cook he loves to cook. It works well in our family. During the holidays I do the shopping, decoration, cleaning ect... and he cooks.

[texasorbust]

Originally Posted by TexasReb

I hate to leave it at that, but gotta get back to work. Again, soon as I have a chance I will give some details on all this. The second one is really very interesting!

Let me quickly mention too though that momof2dwf is right in noting that many Texans and people in other parts of the South make some kind of greens to go with it (cabbage is also popular). The peas are for "luck" and the "greens" (or cabbage) for "money."

More soon, y'all!

Looking forward to reading about the second one.

[Spree]

During Christmas time, tamales are a tradition in So. Texas.

[momof2dfw]

There are some GREAT cookbooks out there for good home cookin foods. Two that are easy to find in bookstores are
"Best of the Best From Texas I"
"Best of the Best From Texas II"

Welcome to Quail Ridge Press

Another GREAT source for cookbooks are the ones local churches have members contribute recipes and then they sell them really cheap. These are THE BEST cookbooks and the ones I know I can rely on. Price wise they are REALLY cheap. I picked up one a few weeks ago from a relatives small Baptist church in East Texas for $6. After tasting the spread they had after the funeral I was wanting that cookbook.

[momof2dfw]

Originally Posted by Spree

During Christmas time, tamales are a tradition in So. Texas.

Those are up here too Can't have Christmas dinner w/o tamales.

Kolaches. Go to West, Texas (yes, that is a town/city on I35 just this side of Waco). They celebrate Westfest and it is a HUGE thing.


Peaches - fresh peaches. YUM

Pecos Cantalopes (so sugary sweet and juicy they melt in your mouth)

Pecans from San Saba

Fruit Cake from Corsicana

Mrs. Bairds bread

Texas Toast - find the real thick Texas Toast loaf of bread, butter on both sides and grill.

[Spree]

>> Mrs. Bairds bread<<

This was something I had forgotten about. Big Red soda - we didn't see that where we lived before.